diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 3d6807f48..57f8fc191 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 # Releasing
 
-1. Increment the version in `./lib/pact_broker/version.rb`
-2. Update the `CHANGELOG.md` using:
+Run
 
-      $ bundle exec rake generate_changelog
-
-3. Add files to git
-
-      $ git add CHANGELOG.md lib/pact_broker/version.rb
-      $ git commit -m "chore(release): version $(ruby -r ./lib/pact_broker/version.rb -e "puts PactBroker::VERSION")" && git push
-
-3. Release:
-
-      $ bundle exec rake release
+    script/release.sh [major|minor|patch] # default is minor
diff --git a/pact_broker.gemspec b/pact_broker.gemspec
index 38fe4a8f4..c4c90b0df 100644
--- a/pact_broker.gemspec
+++ b/pact_broker.gemspec
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency 'database_cleaner', '~>1.6'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'pg', '~>0.21'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'conventional-changelog', '~>1.3'
-
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'bump', '~> 0.5'
 end
diff --git a/script/release.sh b/script/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5449f3081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+bundle exec bump ${1:-minor} --no-commit
+bundle exec rake generate_changelog
+git add CHANGELOG.md lib/pact_broker/version.rb
+git commit -m "chore(release): version $(ruby -r ./lib/pact_broker/version.rb -e "puts PactBroker::VERSION")" && git push
+bundle exec rake release